To create serial channels

Purpose

Perform this procedure to create serial channels and child objects from a Serial Data Interface port.

Steps
 
1 

Choose Equipment from the navigation tree view selector.

2 

Navigate to the device where you want to configure serial channels and expand to the port level.

3 

Right-click on the port and choose Create Channel. The Serial Channel (Create) form opens. If there are no channels available on that port, the Create Channel menu option is dimmed.

4 

Click on the States tab and configure the Administrative State parameter. Click Apply.

5 

Click on the Channel tab and configure the required parameters.

Depending on the serial type of the configured port, different parameters are configurable in the Control Leads panel.

6 

Create DS0 channel groups:

  1. Click on the SubChannels tab.

  2. Click on the Create Cha... button. The DS0 Channel Group (Create) form opens.

  3. Configure the required parameters.

    Note:

    The default encapsulation type for the 7705 SAR is N/A. The encapsulation type must be changed from N/A to a valid type. After a valid encapsulation type is configured for a channel group, the encapsulation type cannot be changed for the channel group. To change the encapsulation type, the channel group must be deleted and re-created.

    On an SDI MDA, you must configure the serial type to X.21 or V.35 to use the IPCP, FR, HDLC, or Cisco HDLC encapsulation types. See To configure serial ports for more information.

  4. Click OK.

7 

Configure the DS0 channel according to the encapsulation type, if required:

  1. For an IPCP channel, click Edit PPP and configure the required parameters.

  2. For an FR channel, click Edit FR and configure the required parameters.

  3. For a Cisco HDLC channel, click on the CISCO HDLC tab and configure the required parameters.

8 

Save your changes and close the form.

End of steps